1. HYPERTENSION PREVALENCE AND RELATED FACTORS IN ELDERLY PEOPLE IN KHANH HOA PROVINCE, VIETNAM Truong Tan Minh, Le Tan Phung et al Khanh Hoa Provincial Health Service
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14. Table 5: BMI classification of Elderly People by gender Category Male Female Total Test Underweight 239 (28.2%) 409 (31.0%) 648 (29.9%) χ 2 = 2.7525 p = 0.431 Normal 562 (66.2%) 832 (63.0%) 1,394 (64.2%) Overweight 45 (5.3%) 77 (5.8%) 122 (5.6%) Obesity 3 (0.3%) 3 (0.2%) 6 (0.3%) Total 849 1,321 2,170
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16. Table 6: Mean blood pressures by Gender Gender Total Mean BP SD Test Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) Male 849 138 20.6 t 2166 = 3.313 p = 0.0009 Female 1,319 135 20.9 Total 2,168 136 20.8 Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) Male 849 82 9.9 t 2166 = 3.989 p = 0.0001 Female 1,319 80 10.7 Total 2,168 81 10.4
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19. Table 7: Hypertension by Gender and Ethnicity Gender Total Hypertension Percent Test Gender Male 849 443 52.2 χ 2 =9.46 p = 0.002 Female 1,321 600 45.4 Total 2,170 1,043 48.1 Ethnicity Kinh 2,095 1,016 48.5 χ 2 =8.8 p = 0.003 Raglai 64 19 29.7